Clamp



Juy 21, 1925.

lJ. R. DAVIS GIAMP Filed Dec. 10. 1924 A MWIM ATTORNEY Patented July 21,1925.

Unire sr PATENT OFFICE.

JEFF R. DAVIS, OF HIGHLAND HOME, ALABAMA.

CLAMP@ Application filed December 10, 1924. Serial No. 755,043.

` State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clamps,of which the following is a specification.

rfhis invention contemplates the provision of a combined bench hook andwork clamp designed for use by carpenters, cabinet makers and the like,and wherein the clamp is susceptible of quick and easy adjustmentlongitudinally along the body of the hook, and capable of being engagedwith or disengaged from the work as the occasion may require. i

The nature and advantages of the iiivention will be better understoodwhen the following detailed description is read in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

in the drawing forming part of this application, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views, and whereinFigure 1 is a view showing how the invention is arranged upon the workbench and the work clamped thereon.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the hook.

The device forming the subject matter of the present invention consistsof what I terni a combined bench hook and work clamp for use bycarpenters and the like, the hook including an elongated body portion 10which is oset in opposite directions at the ends thereof to provide ashoulder 11 arranged beneath the body portion 10 and a shoulder 12rising above the body portion `10. The body portion 10 is substantiallyof U-shape in cross section between the shoulders 11 and 12 and for themajor portion of its length as clearly.shown in Figure 2, while the topof the body portion is longitudinally slotted as at 13.

The clamp used in connection ywith this member includes a substantiallyT-shaped upright, the head 14 of which is arranged in the U-shapedportion of the body 10, while the shank 15 projects upwardly through theslot 13 as shown in Figure 2. Pivoted on one side of the shank 15 is alever 16 having a cam shaped portion 17 designed to engage the work 18in the manner shown in Figure 1. The pivot 19 for this lever is passedthrough the shank 15 and through an opening in said lever, the

lever being fixed to a pivot by means of a threaded element 2O whichpasses through the cam shaped portion of the lever and also through thepivot.

In practice, the device is arranged upon the work bench or table 21 inthe manner shown in Figure 1, wherein it will be noted that the shoulder11 which depends from the underside of the body portion 10 of the hookengages the forward edge of the table or bench, while the work 18 isarranged across the elongated body portion 10l with one edge contactingthe shoulder 12. The clamp is susceptible of sliding movementlongitudinally of thebody portion 10, and thereby can be used with workof different dimensions, the clamp being moved into engagement with theadjacent edge of the work, after which the lever 16 is lowered to b ringthe cam shaped portion 17 into eectlve contact therewith.` The entiredevice is very simple in construction and easy to handle, and can bemanufactured and sold at a nominal cost.

lVhile it is believed that from the foregoing description, the natureand advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire tohave it understood that l do not limit myself to what is herein shownand described, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired asfall within the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising an elongated memberadapted to be arranged transversely across the work bench, and uponwhich the work is adapted to repose, a shoulder depending from saidmember and adapted to engage the adjacent edge of the bench, a shoulderrising from the member adjacent the other end thereof and adapted to beengaged by the adjacent end of the work, a clamp slidably mounted i onsaid member and including a shank adapted to engage the opposed edge ofthe work, and a pivoted cam shaped lever mounted on the shank andadapted to engage the upper surface of the work.

2.' A combined bench hook and clamp of the character describedcomprising an elonn gated member adapted to be arranged trans versely onsaid bench, a` shoulder depending from the member adjacent one endthereof and adapted to engage the outer edge of the bench, a shoulderrising from said' member adjacent the other end thereof and adapted tobe engaged by the Work, said member being Substantiallly U-Shaped incross seetion for the major portion of its length and having alongitudinal slot in the top thereof,

JEFF R. DAVIS.

